"Are you going to rebel? The nine tribes don't have to be implicated."
Mao Xiang, who was tortured so much by Mao Wenlong in the Imperial College, was either drawing a bow and shooting arrows or running with a heavy load every day while squeezing his arm and asking Wu Zhongqi in a low voice.
Wu Zhongqi said: "What kind of rebellion? Although the nine tribes are not implicated, they have to be exiled. They will be exiled to a bitter cold land. Half of them will be eaten by wild beasts first, and the remaining half will live a life worse than pigs and dogs. It is better to kill them all. What's more, The scary thing is that once the Nine Clans take root there in the future, even the famous families will eventually be reduced to rural households!"
"But these days are really unbearable. Even studying in the Imperial College is so tortured!"
Maoxiang couldn't help but say something, and added: "Now, Brother Rubi, like Brother Meicun, has been exiled to a bitter and cold place outside the Great Wall. I really don't know if they can survive."
"It is certain to die in a foreign land. The life of miserable wind and rain is not something that people can live with. The court is changing the law now. Let us civil servants and scholars go to the bitter and cold place to educate the barbarians. The euphemistic name is to let us practice our own laws. The idea is to use the teachings of saints to assimilate the barbarians and bring peace to the people of the world. I'm afraid there will be many such things in the future, so we should be cautious."
Wu Zhongqi said.
"Alas! This must be the reason why the imperial court opened up new territories to deal with us scribes, forcing us to go to these bitter and cold places, and it was so high-sounding."
Maoxiang couldn't help but clenched his fists and said.
"Assemble! What are you chatting about? Now we will add a labor class temporarily and collectively clean Xuanwumenwai Street and Chongwenmenwai Street on behalf of the sanitation workers. All the Imperial College students will follow me. You have the Imperial College students humiliating the sanitation workers on Xuanwumenwai Street. His Majesty decreed that the education of the Imperial College is insufficient and requires all teachers and students of the Imperial College to attend this labor class as a punishment!"
Mao Wenlong came over at this time and shouted at Maoxiang, Wu Zhongqi and other Imperial College officials.
"Labor class? What does other Imperial College students humiliating sanitation workers have to do with us? Your Majesty's treatment is unfair!"
Maoxiang couldn't help but complain.
"Let's go. Fortunately, we are only taking labor classes in the capital, and we are not allowed to go to labor classes outside the Great Wall. Now the court has changed the punishment regulations. As long as they are Han people, no matter what lowly occupation they are, they are equally noble. On the contrary, some foreigners The nobles are worse than some untouchables among the Han people! It is said that the higher the degree of Chineseness, the more preferential treatment they will receive from the court."
Maoxiang stood up first.
"It wasn't like this before. When talking about the degree of Chineseness, you should talk about blood and cultural literacy. I, a member of the Wu clan who has been an official for several generations, why should I be the same as a commoner who has been a farmer for a long time? Why should he, a commoner, be like me? The same preferential treatment as the Wu family! In addition, why should the untouchables of our country be nobler than the descendants of the golden family or the descendants of the shogunate?"
Wu Zhongqi said.
"This is not because I, the Ming Dynasty royal family, are descended from rogue bandits. Otherwise, in terms of bloodline, what qualifications does he, a first-rate bandit from Fengyang, have to be a nobleman in the world?"
Maoxiang laughed sarcastically as he spoke.
"That's right! That's why this dynasty has never paid the slightest attention to bloodline, not even as much as the country of the West! Western countries still talk about bloodline and don't marry untouchables. On the contrary, I, the king of China, are neither fish nor fowl, and always only choose the daughters of untouchables when choosing concubines. , Therefore, most of the kings who come out are incompetent!"
Wu Zhongqi echoed.
Maoxiang nodded and said: "Especially this one today, who is mean and ungrateful to the scholars. Now he makes us and other scholars do untouchable things, and he calls it a labor class! Is this a class? This is obviously an insult. , a naked insult! Even the foreign nobles were also insulted by it. I heard that many nobles of the Tartar Horqin tribe are still serving in Daning area, and some are tortured to death every day."
"Alas, the country is no longer a country, the literature is no longer literature, where is the sun, so that it is difficult for us to find the light."
After Maoxiang finished speaking, he sighed again.
However, no matter how dissatisfied Maoxiang and other Imperial College students were, they could only obediently take the broom and go to the street outside Xuanwumen. Wearing Confucian scarves and blue shirts, they swept the street in full view of everyone.
It's midsummer now, and although the capital is in the north, it's still a little hot.
Therefore, it didn't take long for Maoxiang and others to feel very uncomfortable and sweat like rain.
And because of this, these Imperial College Supervisors became even more dissatisfied.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
But at this moment, the Japanese happened to be riding in a carriage, and the driver in front of the carriage yelled at the people along the way.
But at this time, a Han man named Tang Youshan was coming from the opposite side in a carriage.
The Japanese carriage had to stop immediately.
Then, the Japanese driver and the two warriors jumped out of the car and came to Tang Youshan.
Then, the two warriors pulled Tang Youshan off the carriage.
Tang Youshan didn't know what was going on, but the Japanese coachman slapped Tang Youshan, and then said "Baga", and then scolded and asked: "Why don't you get out of the way!"
Tang Youshan couldn't help but cover his face: "No, I didn't have time to react."
"idiot!"
The coachman slapped him again and cursed.
Then, people from the Wucheng Army and Horses Division came over, and ordered Xue He to pull the Japanese coachman over first, and asked: "Who told you to drive like this here? Damn it, do you know the rules? Do you know the rules?" I led my brothers to chase him all the way, but you fucking stopped."
Seeing that he was from the government, the Japanese driver quickly nodded and bowed to admit his mistake.
"Hold the car and come to the Wucheng Army and Horses Yamen to pick it up when the time comes."
Seeing this, Xue He didn't embarrass the coachman and just dealt with it according to the rules.
But at this time, the Japanese man became anxious and shouted in broken Chinese: "Sorry, we have something urgent to do. Can we not hand over the car?"
"No, the imperial decree cannot be violated. Any speeding carriage in the inner city must be impounded, and the money will be used to redeem the carriage."
Xue He replied.
"Okay! They are foreign guests and should be treated with courtesy!"
At this time, Maoxiang shouted.
"That's right!"
Wu Zhongqi also agreed, then he raised his hand to the young Japanese man in gorgeous clothes and asked, "Your Excellency."
"My father is the daimyo of the Satsuma clan..."
The Japanese replied.
Maoxiang thought about the fact that he and Wu Zhongqi were talking about blood, and couldn't help but said: "This is a Japanese aristocrat, so he should be treated more politely."
Xue He looked at Maoxiang and others: "Why are you scholars meddling in other people's business? Do you have the right to speak here?"
"Why not? You should care about family affairs, state affairs, and everything in the world."
Maoxiang replied.
"What happened."
At this time, Zhang Sizhi, the censor of the city patrol, came in a sedan chair, got off the sedan chair and asked.
At this time, Maoxiang walked over quickly and explained what happened to Zhang Sizhi.
Wu Zhongqi was not willing to let go of such an opportunity to curry favor with the bureaucrats, so he also joined in and said, "Yes, the Japanese who was stopped by this man's car is the son of the Satsuma clan's daimyo, and he is a noble son of the Japanese. He should be treated politely and kindly, but Commander Xue insists on impounding his car, and I would like to ask Officer Feng Xian for his clear warning."
Zhang Sizhi glanced at Tang Youshan and saw that he could still afford to ride a car, so he knew that his family might be well off. But now when there was a dispute, he just covered his face with panic on his face, so he was sure that this person had no background and should be honest. , he began to extort money from him, and he also intended to protect the son of a Japanese daimyo who was obviously more prosperous, so he reprimanded Commander Xue:
"Didn't I say that when foreigners commit crimes, they won't be arrested if they can, and they won't offend if they can, and the most they can do is give them a reminder. What if the matter gets too big? Are you here to clean it up?"
The Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities was controlled by the censor who patrolled the city.
Therefore, Xue He was regarded as Zhang Yushi's subordinate, so he had no choice but to reply: "Yes!"
"Return the car to this Japanese master, and also capture this unruly man!"
Zhang Sizhi pointed at Tang Youshan as he spoke.
Tang Youshan couldn't help being shocked: "Master, the common people, the common people didn't make any mistakes?"
"Who asked you to ride a carriage here? As a pariah, what qualifications do you have to ride a carriage in this inner city? Even if you are riding in a carriage, why don't you give way to the envoy's carriage?"
Zhang Sizhi asked and ordered: "Take it away! Impound the carriage too!"
"yes!"
Xue He had no choice but to have Tang Youshan taken away.
Tang Youshan could only keep shouting that he was wronged.
Therefore, Maoxiang hurriedly bowed and said: "The official is wise!"
Wu Zhongqi also bowed and said with a flattering smile: "The officer is wise!"
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